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So far I´m loving every ep (just sad ep 5 has something wrong in the code when I dl´ed it T_T)

Ashita no Nadja is about a girl travelling around Europe with a "troupe" to find her mother (who for many years thought was dead). Yep, it´s a shoujo ^^

First I was just curious to see the new job by Izumi Todo. I loved previous Ojamajo Doremi so sure I´d give it a chance to Nadja. Though this one is not as much on the comedy side (as Doremi was) it sure has a cute and well told story (at least up to ep 12 which is where I´ve seen) as well as good animation and nice cg graphics in some points.

Like in Doremi, there´s quite a selection of characters, most of which you´ll finde more than twice in the series for sure, but all have well defined personalities.

Heh. You're not the only one that loves this cute little show. I really hope that more gets subbed soon. It's a surprising blend of sweetly stereotypical with spicy unpredictable. Of course they know when they are following the standard stereotyples which is why they enjoy breaking the predictable events once in a while.

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First few episodes are more warm-heartening and cute. But the plot got darker and more heart wrenching in the 30ish episodes when more secrets about Nadja and her mother and family were revealed. The show is quite stereotypical as NoSaninWa mentioned but I'm totally addicted to it even though I can somewhat guess what will happen next.

First few episodes are more warm-heartening and cute. But the plot got darker and more heart wrenching in the 30ish episodes when more secrets about Nadja and her mother and family were revealed. The show is quite stereotypical as NoSaninWa mentioned but I'm totally addicted to it even though I can somewhat guess what will happen next.

Geez.. Now it's gonna be harder for me to wait for the rest of the eps!

lordwu, I also want a Nadja avatar now I´ve seen yours hehe (just need a little bit of time with my photoshop :P

I was being lazy and just cut part of the image I found on the official website so it doens't really look good. I'd like to redo it when I get more time.

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Originally Posted by Kay Hearts

So, you´ve seen up to ep 30 O_O (do you live in Japan?)
I´m also looking forward to anything that comes out from these series

No, I don't live in Japan. I just got the raws from P2P network. I was waiting for AC releases but finally gave in and decided to get the raws instead last week. Spent two days to get episode 13-40. The most recent episode aired in Japan is 41 so AC has a lot of catchup to do.

sigh, I´ll just have to wait for AC release since bt is the only p2p program I´m abble to use and also because I don´t understand a bit of Japanese ^^u (well, right know after watching so many hours of anime I know the introductions like "Hi, my name is", "Good Night/Morning/Afternoon" but not much more than that hehe)

As for my av, I guess I´ll make it from a cap from some cute scene or something. thanks for the oficial page

According to Futari wa Purikyua (Pretty Cure) official site, it will start airing on Feb. 1, 2004 at 8:30am. This is the exact same time slot as Ashita no Nadja and Pretty Cure can very well be the show that replaces Ashita no Nadja. If this is indeed the case, the last episode of Ashita no Nadja will be aired on Jan. 25, 2004 and will make it a 50 episode series. (Current episode is 42 which was aired on Nov. 30)

I just watched the most recent batch of Ashita no Nadja episodes from AC. This show is getting better and better. I'm posting mostly because of a surprise that I realized after seeing The Secret of the Black Rose in episode 19.

Spoiler for Episode 19:

I have suspected that Francis is the Black Rose for ages, just as I'm sure that everyone else has. Naturally enough I also suspected that he was the knight who helped Nadja just after the orphanage burned. After Nadja met Francis and thanked him for helping her in the woods, strangely he insisted that the Knight wasn't him. I've been wondiering about that ever since. After all, why would he lie? Perhaps Francis has a twin brother that was separated at birth?

Then we got to episode 19.... talking with the Black Rose, Nadja mentions a good nobleman that she met. She says the words, "noblesse oblige" and he reacts like she stabbed him with a start and a gasp. An surprisingly strong reaction. If he remembers saying them to her, then he shouldn't be surprised to hear them repeated back. If he didn't say the words, then why should they mean anything to him?

Just after that she mention's Francis' name. Once again he starts and gasps. Why such a strong reaction to something so trivial? I now have a new theory as to what the secret of Kuro Bara is. A theory that also includes the mystery of why Francis insisted that he wasn't the Moonlit Knight.

I think that Francis might be a split personality. He honestly doesn't know that he's met Nadja in two other guises. Similarly Black Rose might not know that he has met Nadja before either. I'm a bit hesitant to believe this since it seems so unusual for a show of this genre, but it does explain why Nadja's words were so disturbing to Kuro Bara. He knew them only inside his head, from the part of himself that isn't himself.

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lol, I was planning to make a "No Love for Nadja?" thread tonight but guess there is some love out there. ^^

I've watched from episode 30 till the end, and now I'm downloading the fansubs to catch up on what I missed. Simply put, Nadja is the BEST shoujo I have ever seen, I have rarely watched an anime this engrossing. Unlike others, there's no henshin sequence, no monsters, no fan service, no "I'm late for school," no school in fact. There is some hokey Cinderella romance, but, esp later, it focusses more on Nadja's journey to find her mother. The animation is above average, OP and ED are great, the music is BEAUTIFUL, the drama is captivating, and the villain (not Herman ;) ) is just the most evil in all anime. ^^ So I was sad to see it replaced by the more-downloaded generic shoujo Pretty Cure.

Anyway, just want to announce that in an hour or two, I'm by God leaving my computer on and seeding all the episodes for the next three days. I'm really hoping this show will catch on with more of you guys because I really want it licensed. This is the first anime I've seen that I know would be better dubbed since all these British people speaking Japanese is just kinda weird. ^^

Oh, and kudos to the fansubbers for doing a super job and not using any fancy font effects. :)

I just watched the most recent batch of Ashita no Nadja episodes from AC. This show is getting better and better. I'm posting mostly because of a surprise that I realized after seeing The Secret of the Black Rose in episode 19.

Spoiler for Episode 19:

I have suspected that Francis is the Black Rose for ages, just as I'm sure that everyone else has. Naturally enough I also suspected that he was the knight who helped Nadja just after the orphanage burned. After Nadja met Francis and thanked him for helping her in the woods, strangely he insisted that the Knight wasn't him. I've been wondiering about that ever since. After all, why would he lie? Perhaps Francis has a twin brother that was separated at birth?

Spoiler for later on in the series:

Actually Francis does have a twin brother, Keith. They were not separated at birth though.

Do my eyes decieve me? The next set of Nadja episodes are up on BT?? YES!! We may get through this series yet, though I'm still praying this series gets licensed soon because it was made to be heard in English.

Anyway, I just finished downloading it and will be seeding the show for the next six hours, so if you've never seen the greatest shoujo in recent history, now's your chance!

Once again, thanks to Anime Co for refusing to give up on this wonderful show and doing an excellent subbing job, too!

Episodes 25 and 26 are out. It seems strange to get only 2 episodes at a time. Still, both of them were more than usually wonderful episodes and I'm very glad to get them. I just wonder what inspired AC to put them out before they finished the batch.

Spoiler for episode 26:

I loved episode 26, "The Other Francis." On one hand it was a wonderfull falling in love episode. Watching Nadja babble on while (Francis) watched her with a smile was wonderful. The two of them eating tomatoes was wonderful. Honestly more shows should think of doing an episode like this so we can see the progression of falling in love instead of simply telling us that they love each other and expecting us to believe it.

Of course in this show the kind've need to show us such things because there is an honest to goodness romantic conflict!!!

I'm not used to that in anime. Generally when there is a question of different love interests the answer is telegraphed boldly without leaving much room for doubt no matter how much we want to doubt it. There are a few exceptions, but not many. This one is a pleasant exception because after flirting with the truth for so long we finally find out that... the Black Rose is NOT Francis!!!!!

Stary-eyed Knight = Black Rose. Black Rose <> Francis. Shock! I was really expecting them to be a multiple-personality which would have been unusual in its own right. Instead we find out that they are different people. Though I thought of the angle that they could be separated twins (read my post #10 above), I didn't believe it. And just after discovering that fact, Nadja suddenly finds out that the man she spent such a delightful afternoon with was actually the Black Rose who she has a mad-on for.

Just delightful.

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There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.

Episodes 25 and 26 are out. It seems strange to get only 2 episodes at a time. Still, both of them were more than usually wonderful episodes and I'm very glad to get them. I just wonder what inspired AC to put them out before they finished the batch.

Nadja's true knight finally shows his face. It seems they always had Francis in white and the 'other Francis' in black. Somehow, the 'other Francis' was drawn with a more mature look or is it my imagination? Hmm... wonder who will Nadja choose... Francis or the 'other Francis' that is the question... I like the 'other Francis' more of course.

Episodes 25 and 26 are out. It seems strange to get only 2 episodes at a time. Still, both of them were more than usually wonderful episodes and I'm very glad to get them. I just wonder what inspired AC to put them out before they finished the batch.

1) I had no more eps translated right now, but I hope that will change when one of the translators get back soon
2) being a 50 ep series, there would be a 2 ep batch somewhere anyway, and I thought this place fit nicely

The name of this "other" Francis, you will get to know in ep 30 iirc... For those who want to know now, I can say

Spoiler:

Keith Harcourt

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And was there noone that thought about the obvious hint from ep 2 together with ep 5?
Black Rose and White Rose...
And I think there are many hints that point to that they were not the same... (unless you count split personality theories )

After some months my college blocket out downloads, I´ve finally been able to see eps 25 and 26 (and suspect I´m missing some of the previous ones too) Both were great though I spoiled myself the surprise a while ago while looking at some Japanese fanart site ^^U and now I´ve seen "him" ...

Spoiler:

...who I like more? Keith, I like his darker personality. Francis is like, at some point, much more like a typical Prince Charming, too perfect :P.

As for episode 26 in general, I loved evrything, I guess this is where you people who have seen the complete series say the story gets darker. The atmosphere I felt was quite different. I even found some composition in some scenes that reminded me of Utena, not really sure why.

I too just finished watching the first 26 episodes of this series. I must admit that I am anxiously awaiting more, which is very rare for me because I'm usually very patient about waiting for fansubs since I understand how much time it takes to get it done.

Another thing I love about this series is the music. It's just fantastic! I was so thrilled to hear Clair de Lune in the background in 26. It's such a beautiful piece!

I'm very glad that this series is being subbed. ^^ It's just such a delightful story!